Dirigible automobile-lamp.



T. H. PASCHKE.

DIRIGIBLE AUTOMOBILE LAMP.

APPLICATION HLED NOV. 30'. I914.

Patented May 4, 1915.

al ke puma o THEODORE H. PASCHKE, 0F HAMPTON, NEBRASKA.

IDIBIGIBLE AUTOIVIOBILE LAMP.

Toall 'whom itmay concern: 7

Be it known that I, THEODORE H. PAscr-nui, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Hampton, in the county of Hamilton and State ofNebraska, have invented a new-and useful Dirigible Automobile-Lamp; andI do hereby declare the-following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make anduse the same.

This invention relates to a new and useful dirigible automobile lamp,and an object of the invention is to provide a device of this nature,whereby, when'the right hand wheel is turned to the right, thecorresponding right hand lamp will likewise turn to the right, the lefthand light remaining stationary and throwing its rays straight ahead,and when the left hand wheel is turnedto the left the corresponding lefthand lamp will turn in the same direction, the right hand lamp remainingstationary, and its light rays thrown straight ahead, and vice versa.

In practicalfields the details of construction may necessitatealterations, falling within the scope of what is claimed.

The invention comprises further features and combination of parts, ashereinafter set forth, shown in the drawings and claimed.

In the drawings: Figure 1 is a view of the improved dirigible lampconstruction as applied to an automobile. Fig. 2 is an enlarged detailview showing the lamps and the operating means therefor removed from theautomobile.

Referring more especially to the drawings, 1 designates the usualsteering post of the automobile, which is provided with the usual wheel2. A casting 3 is mounted upon the post to move therewith and isprovided with arms 4 and 5. The steering post is constructed or providedwith the usual or conventional form of connections 2 and 2 tothesteering wheels 3 of the automobile, so that upon returning the wheel2 in the direction of the arrow at the front wheel 3 will turn to theright, and when the wheel 2 is rotated in the opposite direction asindicated by the arrow 6, said front wheels will turn to the left.

The head lights of the automobile. are fulcrumed in the usual manner asshown at 7 and 8 upon the brackets 9 and 10, said lamps being designatedby the numerals 11 and 12.

The fulcrumed pin 7 of the lamp holder 7 Specification of LettersPatent. Patented May 4 1915. Application filed November 30, 1914. SerialNo. 874,846.

of the lamp 11 has a beveled gear 13, with gear 14 being carried by saidrod 16. The p rear end of the rod 16 has an arm 17, which in turn isprovided with a slot and pin connection 18 19 with the link 20, which inturn is pivoted. at 21 tothe link 22. The link 22 is connected at 23 tothe arm 4 of the casting 3. The hollow shaft 15 is provided with an arm24. Connected at 25 to the arm5 is a link 26, which in turn is pivotedat 27 to the link 28, which is provided with a slot and pin connection29 and 30 with the arm 24. The hollow shaft 15 is provided with a secondarm 31, to which a link 32 is connected at 33. Pivoted at 34 to aprojection 35 of the frame of the automobile is a bell crank lever 36,one arm of which is pivoted at 37, to the link'32, the other arm has aslotand pin connection 39 with one end of the oscillatory lever 40,which is pivoted at 41 to a projection 42 of the frame of theautomobile. The end 43 of the lever 40 has a link 44, which in turn ispivoted at 45 to one arm of the bell crank lever 46, fulcrumed at 47 toa suitable projection 48 of the frame of the automobile. The fulcrum pin8 of the holder 8 of the lamp 12 has an arm 49, which is provided with aslot and pin connection 50 to the arm 51 of the bell crank lever 46. Theholder 8 of the lamp 12 has lug 52 to limit the lamp 12 in onedirection, in other words, prevent the lamp from ever turning to theright, there being a spring 53 connected to the arm 49 and to thebracket 10, to hold the lug 52 in contact with said bracket 10. Saidspring 53 acts to return the lamp 12 to its normal position with the lug52 in contact with the bracket 10, subsequently to having thrown thelamp 12 to the left. A lug 55 is carried by the holder 7" to contactwith the bracket 9 to prevent the lamp 11 from ever turning to the left,there being a spring 56 connected to the lamp 11 and to one of thesprings of the automobile, to hold the lug 55 in contact with thebracket 9. This spring 56 acts to return the lamp to its normal positionsubsequently to having been thrown to the right.

the lamp 11 in this direction against the ac tion' of the spring 56, thelamp 12 remains stationary, owing to the link 28 sliding with relationto the pin 30 which extends through the slot 29 of the link 30. However,in reversing the wheel 2 in the direction of'the arrow 6, the links 26and 28 pull upon the arm 24, while the link slides with rela ,tion tothe pin 19, owing to the provision of the slot 18 in the link 20. Whenthe arm 2&

V is pulledupon the hollow shaft 15 is rocked in the direction of thearrow 9, the arm 31 pushing the link 32, which will rock the bell cranklever 36, which in turn rocks the lever on its pivot 11, in thedirection of the arrow 71,, therefore through the medium of the link- Hthe bell crank lever 16 is oscillated upon its pivot l7, which in turnwill rock the arm 49 of the fulcrum 8, thereby throwing the lamp 12 tothe left, to correspond with the turning of the front wheels 3 which arelikewise thrown to the left. However, the lamp 11 remains stationary,

owing'to the link 20 sliding with relation to the pin 19. When the lamp11 is thrown to the right, or when the lamp 12 is thrown to the left,either one or the other is returned to its normal position by its springmeans.

The invention having been set forth what is claimed as new and usefulis 1. In combination with a steering mechanism including a steering posthaving lateral projections, a pair of automobile lamps, a pair oftelescoping rocking shafts, each having a sliding connection with one ofthe projections, and connections between said shafts and said automobilelamps.

2. ln-combination with a'steering mechanism of an automobile having asteering post provided with lateral projections, a pair of automobilelamps, a pair of telescoping rocking shafts, each being provided with alateral arm, links connecting said projections and said arms, saidlinksbeing provided with slots where they are pivoted to the arm,connections between saidshafts and the lamps of the automobile, andmeans for returning the lamps to their normal positions.

In, testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

THEODORE H. PASCHKE.

' Witnesses: v

B. E. PAscHKn,

W. G. PAsoHKn.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. G.

